Watch Jess Hall play a game of footy and you'll see she wears her heart on her sleeve.
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Now the things she holds close to her heart are proudly emblazoned on her boots.
The Crossroads Cup was the first time Hall, a senior constable with Oxley Police, wore her custom-painted football boots.
The boots include the initials of her sons Darcy and Jedd, a ribbon to represent the police force and her totem (a praying mantis), among other things that are important to Hall.
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The proud Dunghutti woman has always wanted to have her boots painted and when one of the girls Hall coaches in oztag offered to do it, she jumped at the chance.
"When I first seen them, I cried. I was proud that someone would put my story on a pair of boots," Hall told the Leader.
"She kept saying to me 'have you worn them yet, have you worn them yet' and I'd say 'not yet, I'm waiting for this gala day.'"
And then, to top off what was already going to be a special day, Hall was asked to captain the Swans at the Crossroads Cup.
"I got to pull these boots on, be captain - it was just unreal. It was so good," she said.
The midfielder has been a revelation for the Tamworth Swans since linking with the club last season.
Swans president Josh McKenzie had asked her to play for the club when she transferred to Tamworth about four years ago. However, she initially played league tag for Kootingal-Moonbi.
She'd won premierships and captain-coached at Kooty. But when the Group 4 season didn't go ahead in 2020 due to COVID, the opportunity finally presented itself to give Aussie rules a go.
She quickly took to the sport.
"I just love putting the jersey on and going out every week," Hall said.
"Last weekend, being asked to be captain was something I was really proud of. Especially only playing for one year and being given that opportunity ... I just love coming out and representing the Swans."
The challenge the new sport presents is also a major drawcard for Hall.
"It's so different compared to [league tag's] up and back on a field - it's full 360 [degrees]," she said.
Hall added that she had to think hard about what she was doing on an Aussie rules field because she had little interest in the sport as a kid.
The game "doesn't come naturally" to her. But she "loves" the contact. Hall will throw the Swans jersey on for the first round of the AFL North West competition this Saturday, when the Swans host Inverell at No. 1 Oval.
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